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Life is one big irony, and it deserves to be laughed at
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| I enjoy humor. I especially love parody
and satire, which is what this site used to be all about. It will be
about that again. All the humor here is original material unless
otherwise noted. The Parody link at left is a remnant of the days
that this site was totally oriented around the MP3 hierarch on
Usenet.
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The Law Firm Commercial
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| I heard a commercial recently for a
local law firm that specializes in uncontested divorces. The
commercial paints a picture of woe and doom for those who go through
a contested divorce, with bleak predictions of the time and expense
that will make the unhappy couple even unhappier. The commercial
then suggests that if the couple can agree on an uncontested
divorce, their law firm can get the job done for under a thousand
dollars and in less than 90 days.
Then they feature a testimonial from one of their clients who
praises the service he got from their firm and says he would
definitely use that firm again, over and over.
Over and over? How many divorces does this guy plan to have?
Somehow, I don't think they planned to send this message.
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Guardrail Damage
Ahead
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| I am a transplanted Texan, and I
understand a lot more about Texas now than I did when I first arrived. But
driving in Texas is still a thing of wonder to me. For instance, why does TxDOT put up signs that say,
"GUARDRAIL DAMAGE AHEAD"? Sure enough, the signs are
accurate. Not far down the road there will be a damaged guardrail.
That part I get. But what I don't understand is why they put up the
signs.
Why do they expend the energy, time and expense of putting up a
sign rather than just fixing the guardrail? Some of these signs are
not temporary things. They are mounted on steel poles that are
driven into the ground. How long do they figure that guardrail is
going to stay damaged? If TxDOT and DPS are concerned that a
guardrail in that spot is critical to public safety, then maybe they
ought to fix the guardrail rather than just warn people about it.
And if they haven't had the time or manpower to get a crew out to
fix the guardrail yet, then how is a sign going to make us any
safer? Will drivers see the sign and think, "Oh, wow. There is
a guardrail up ahead that is damaged. I'd better not run off the
road for at least the next quarter mile." Is a sign going to
prevent them from running off the road? I'd bet that the guy who ran
off the road and damaged the guardrail in the first place didn't
really plan it that way. And I can't think of any scenario where a
warning sign about a guardrail, damaged or not, would have helped
prevent the original person from running off the road. Oh, I suppose
that if he ran off the road earlier and hit the sign instead, the
guardrail might have been protected from damage. But the likelihood
to me seems to be rather low. Will the addition of a sign reduce the
chance that someone will run off the road in that exact spot? Maybe
a more accurate sign would help, "Don’t have an accident, especially here, because
we haven’t fixed everything since the last accident". But
that is kind of wordy for a sign. If a sign will help prevent people from running off the road, then maybe they
should put up a sign after fixing the guardrail that says,
"UNDAMAGED GUARDRAIL AHEAD".
Are these signs required by some law passed by the Texas
Legislature? If so, then that would explain a lot. The legislature
and the governor have demonstrated time and again that no law in Texas is required to
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